bubble_chart Indications

Treating severe constipation, or tenesmus, frequent visits to the toilet without being able to defecate, or the presence of white pus or blood, one must be cautious not to use purgatives. Using purgatives will inevitably lead to more severe illness, causing further stagnation and obstruction. By using this decoction to elevate the yang, the yin will naturally descend.

bubble_chart Documentation

Liu Zonghou said: When food and drink enter the stomach and transport essence, the lung qi of the heart must ascend. However, to be decocted later, it descends. If the spleen and stomach are injured and cannot ascend, but instead flow downward to the liver and kidneys, causing diarrhea, the method should be to replenish the middle qi, lift and raise it, and not to purge downward. This is what Dongyuan revealed that previous scholars had not. This formula is seen in the "Yu Ji Wei Yi" but is not recorded in the "Dongyuan Shishu".